Here are the first of my Hollywood Reporter reviews from the Tribeca Film Festival:

Nicholas Wrathall's documentary Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia recounts the life and career of the controversial writer and outspoken political gadfly. To read my review, click here.

Emma Cusack and John Cusack play a would-be poet and her reluctant mentor in the dark comedy Adult World. To read my review, click here.

Melissa Leo moving plays a mother dealing with her adult daughter's prescription drug addiction in Bottled Up. To read my review, click here.

Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon star in Sunlight Jr., about a downscale couple coping with financial pressures. To read my review, click here.

And from the New York Post, here's my theater review of the surprisingly funny new revival of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death starring Daniel Davis and Laila Robins. To read it, click here.

----Frank Scheck